NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 vs AMD Radeon HD 6930

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Combined performance score

HD 6930
7.25
+449%

Radeon HD 6930 outperforms GeForce GT 240 by 449% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking503985
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.01
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameCaymanGT215
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 December 2011 (12 years old)17 November 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$180 $80
Current price$11.99 (0.1x MSRP)$708 (8.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128096
CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speed750 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)186 Watt69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105C C
Texture fill rate60.0017.60
Floating-point performance1,920.0 gflops257.28 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length220 mm6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s54.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPortDVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.2
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD130−140
+420%
25
−420%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.25 1.32
Recency 1 December 2011 17 November 2009
Cost $180 $80
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB or 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 186 Watt 69 Watt

The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 240 in performance tests.


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